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Q1:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: SELECTED SNOBBERIES All men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and moral diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for example, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous, diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth, like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine. To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of those adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case of those commoner disease-snobs, their claim to distinction is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa, from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all probably have their source in over-eating) cannot expect us to be very lavish in our solitude and pity. - Aldous Huxley

What does the author consider to be an exaggeration?

That all men are snobs about something

That there is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish

That modern men in particular are snobs

That all the adolescents are consumption-snobs

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q2:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: SELECTED SNOBBERIES All men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and moral diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for example, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous, diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth, like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine. To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of those adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case of those commoner disease-snobs, their claim to distinction is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa, from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all probably have their source in over-eating) cannot expect us to be very lavish in our solitude and pity. - Aldous Huxley

What snobbery does the author see and often meet in the adolescents?

modernity - snobbery

disease - snobbery

snobbery of ignorance

consumption - snobbery

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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Q3:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: SELECTED SNOBBERIES All men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and moral diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for example, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous, diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth, like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine. To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of those adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case of those commoner disease-snobs, their claim to distinction is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa, from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all probably have their source in over-eating) cannot expect us to be very lavish in our solitude and pity. - Aldous Huxley

The writer suggests that problematic diseases are because of ________

consumption

fashion

snobbery

over-eating

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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Q4:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: SELECTED SNOBBERIES All men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and moral diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for example, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous, diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth, like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine. To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of those adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case of those commoner disease-snobs, their claim to distinction is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa, from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all probably have their source in over-eating) cannot expect us to be very lavish in our solitude and pity. - Aldous Huxley

What according to the passage, can be a source of snobbish self-importance?

Exaggeration of the rich

Exasperation of the rich

Diseases of the rich

Adoption of the rich

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q5:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Medium

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: SELECTED SNOBBERIES All men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and moral diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for example, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous, diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth, like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine. To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of those adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case of those commoner disease-snobs, their claim to distinction is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa, from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all probably have their source in over-eating) cannot expect us to be very lavish in our solitude and pity. - Aldous Huxley

In what context does the writer refer to Marie Bashkirtseff in the passage ?

As an example of disease-snobs

As one who is sympathetic towards the deprived

As one of the people who think it would be romantic to fade-away early in life

As one of the fashionable doctors

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q6:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: SELECTED SNOBBERIES All men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and moral diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for example, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous, diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth, like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine. To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of those adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case of those commoner disease-snobs, their claim to distinction is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa, from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all probably have their source in over-eating) cannot expect us to be very lavish in our solitude and pity. - Aldous Huxley

What is generally a good deal less romantic than what the ingenuous young tubercle snobs seem to imagine?

Complacent poeticizings

Certain disfiguring

Intellectual activities that are depressing

Final stages of consumptive fading

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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Q7:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Medium

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: I was born in Pandari, around 30 kilometers from Motihari in Bihar. My education started in my village madrasa and then in an Urdu-medium government school. I did not have any English then. When I discovered, at age 20 or 21, that Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my dream. My Abba was the one who opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first gifted me a Hindi storybook. He was posted in a small town near Patna and visited our village home. Looking at the book, I asked Abba if it was for my next class. I did not know then that books existed beyond the classroom. When Abba explained, I was fascinated to hear about storybooks. I couldn't believe I would not have to pester my mother or grandmother for my daily dose of bedtime stories. That was the beginning of my love affair with books. By the time I was in class 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels-literary as well as pulp fiction. Some of my favourite writers were Ibn-e-Safi, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prem Chand, etc. Nanaji (my maternal grandfather), who ran a Unani and Ayurvedic medicine shop in a small kasba (town) called Bairangania, used to be the only person from the area who knew English. My father cited him to motivate me to improve my English. Also, my private tutor, Janak Babu, made me believe that it was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindi/Urdu-medium student like me to learn the language. After 10 months with Janaki Babu, I started reading comics in English. Two years later, in 1988, I read my first English novel, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan. The first book I actually bought myself was A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri for the princely sum of Rs. 30 from a roadside bookseller.

What is common between George Orwell and the narrator ?

Both were born in Motihari, Bihar

Both were classmates

Both started their education in an Urdu medium government school

Both started writing at the age of 21

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

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Q8:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: I was born in Pandari, around 30 kilometers from Motihari in Bihar. My education started in my village madrasa and then in an Urdu-medium government school. I did not have any English then. When I discovered, at age 20 or 21, that Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my dream. My Abba was the one who opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first gifted me a Hindi storybook. He was posted in a small town near Patna and visited our village home. Looking at the book, I asked Abba if it was for my next class. I did not know then that books existed beyond the classroom. When Abba explained, I was fascinated to hear about storybooks. I couldn't believe I would not have to pester my mother or grandmother for my daily dose of bedtime stories. That was the beginning of my love affair with books. By the time I was in class 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels-literary as well as pulp fiction. Some of my favourite writers were Ibn-e-Safi, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prem Chand, etc. Nanaji (my maternal grandfather), who ran a Unani and Ayurvedic medicine shop in a small kasba (town) called Bairangania, used to be the only person from the area who knew English. My father cited him to motivate me to improve my English. Also, my private tutor, Janak Babu, made me believe that it was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindi/Urdu-medium student like me to learn the language. After 10 months with Janaki Babu, I started reading comics in English. Two years later, in 1988, I read my first English novel, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan. The first book I actually bought myself was A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri for the princely sum of Rs. 30 from a roadside bookseller.

Who introduced the narrator to the world of books?

George Orwell

The narrator's Abba

The narrator's teacher

The narrator's Nanaji

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q9:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: I was born in Pandari, around 30 kilometers from Motihari in Bihar. My education started in my village madrasa and then in an Urdu-medium government school. I did not have any English then. When I discovered, at age 20 or 21, that Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my dream. My Abba was the one who opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first gifted me a Hindi storybook. He was posted in a small town near Patna and visited our village home. Looking at the book, I asked Abba if it was for my next class. I did not know then that books existed beyond the classroom. When Abba explained, I was fascinated to hear about storybooks. I couldn't believe I would not have to pester my mother or grandmother for my daily dose of bedtime stories. That was the beginning of my love affair with books. By the time I was in class 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels-literary as well as pulp fiction. Some of my favourite writers were Ibn-e-Safi, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prem Chand, etc. Nanaji (my maternal grandfather), who ran a Unani and Ayurvedic medicine shop in a small kasba (town) called Bairangania, used to be the only person from the area who knew English. My father cited him to motivate me to improve my English. Also, my private tutor, Janak Babu, made me believe that it was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindi/Urdu-medium student like me to learn the language. After 10 months with Janaki Babu, I started reading comics in English. Two years later, in 1988, I read my first English novel, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan. The first book I actually bought myself was A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri for the princely sum of Rs. 30 from a roadside bookseller.

Select the correct answer from options given below and complete the sentence. When the narrator was seven or eight _____________

he was gifted a Hindi story book.

he was given George Orwell's novels.

he had finished reading hundreds of books.

he was introduced to his Nanaji.

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

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Q10:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: I was born in Pandari, around 30 kilometers from Motihari in Bihar. My education started in my village madrasa and then in an Urdu-medium government school. I did not have any English then. When I discovered, at age 20 or 21, that Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my dream. My Abba was the one who opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first gifted me a Hindi storybook. He was posted in a small town near Patna and visited our village home. Looking at the book, I asked Abba if it was for my next class. I did not know then that books existed beyond the classroom. When Abba explained, I was fascinated to hear about storybooks. I couldn't believe I would not have to pester my mother or grandmother for my daily dose of bedtime stories. That was the beginning of my love affair with books. By the time I was in class 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels-literary as well as pulp fiction. Some of my favourite writers were Ibn-e-Safi, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prem Chand, etc. Nanaji (my maternal grandfather), who ran a Unani and Ayurvedic medicine shop in a small kasba (town) called Bairangania, used to be the only person from the area who knew English. My father cited him to motivate me to improve my English. Also, my private tutor, Janak Babu, made me believe that it was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindi/Urdu-medium student like me to learn the language. After 10 months with Janaki Babu, I started reading comics in English. Two years later, in 1988, I read my first English novel, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan. The first book I actually bought myself was A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri for the princely sum of Rs. 30 from a roadside bookseller.

Select the correct answer from options given below and complete the sentence. The passage is written in a ________

Reflective style

Dramatic style

Narrative style

Poetic style

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q11:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: I was born in Pandari, around 30 kilometers from Motihari in Bihar. My education started in my village madrasa and then in an Urdu-medium government school. I did not have any English then. When I discovered, at age 20 or 21, that Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my dream. My Abba was the one who opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first gifted me a Hindi storybook. He was posted in a small town near Patna and visited our village home. Looking at the book, I asked Abba if it was for my next class. I did not know then that books existed beyond the classroom. When Abba explained, I was fascinated to hear about storybooks. I couldn't believe I would not have to pester my mother or grandmother for my daily dose of bedtime stories. That was the beginning of my love affair with books. By the time I was in class 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels-literary as well as pulp fiction. Some of my favourite writers were Ibn-e-Safi, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prem Chand, etc. Nanaji (my maternal grandfather), who ran a Unani and Ayurvedic medicine shop in a small kasba (town) called Bairangania, used to be the only person from the area who knew English. My father cited him to motivate me to improve my English. Also, my private tutor, Janak Babu, made me believe that it was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindi/Urdu-medium student like me to learn the language. After 10 months with Janaki Babu, I started reading comics in English. Two years later, in 1988, I read my first English novel, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan. The first book I actually bought myself was A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri for the princely sum of Rs. 30 from a roadside bookseller.

What idea did the narrator's tutor put in his mind?

He shouldn't learn or read English.

It would be tough for him to learn English as he studied in Hindi/Urdu medium school.

Don't learn English as there is only one person speaking that language from the area.

It was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking person like him to learn English.

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q12:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given in the end: I was born in Pandari, around 30 kilometers from Motihari in Bihar. My education started in my village madrasa and then in an Urdu-medium government school. I did not have any English then. When I discovered, at age 20 or 21, that Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my dream. My Abba was the one who opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first gifted me a Hindi storybook. He was posted in a small town near Patna and visited our village home. Looking at the book, I asked Abba if it was for my next class. I did not know then that books existed beyond the classroom. When Abba explained, I was fascinated to hear about storybooks. I couldn't believe I would not have to pester my mother or grandmother for my daily dose of bedtime stories. That was the beginning of my love affair with books. By the time I was in class 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels-literary as well as pulp fiction. Some of my favourite writers were Ibn-e-Safi, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prem Chand, etc. Nanaji (my maternal grandfather), who ran a Unani and Ayurvedic medicine shop in a small kasba (town) called Bairangania, used to be the only person from the area who knew English. My father cited him to motivate me to improve my English. Also, my private tutor, Janak Babu, made me believe that it was possible for a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindi/Urdu-medium student like me to learn the language. After 10 months with Janaki Babu, I started reading comics in English. Two years later, in 1988, I read my first English novel, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan. The first book I actually bought myself was A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri for the princely sum of Rs. 30 from a roadside bookseller.

Select the correct answer from options given below and complete the sentence. The narrator mentions names of a few writers to indicate that _____________

they were his favourite writers.

they were writers in English.

they were all from Motihari.

they all had taught the narrator.

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

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Q13:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage: 1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines eco-tourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of local people." 2. Responsible tourism observes basic eco-ethical tenets. Fundamental rights like the right to exist or to live in peace, right to pure air and pure water are basic rights even for wildlife, indigenous people as well as for nature as whole. 3. Nature tourism and wildlife tourism are top priority for most foreign tourists, but in the Indian context, all picnics, nature walks, nature camps, trekking, hiking, safaris, jungle trails, mountaineering, cultural tours, pilgrimages, beaching, water sports, canoeing, boating and game-fishing should all observe eco-ethics. One step forward in ecotourism is to get involved in eco-restoration, biodiversity restoration and eco-development of local people in any degraded tourist ecosystem. 4. India, with her kaleidoscopic ecosystems and a wealth of cultural heritage of great antiquity has immense scope for ecotourism. Constant research to identify newer areas and spots for ecotourism, preparing brochures on them and on the eco-ethics relevant to each. Organising environmental trails and training knowledgeable guides, preferably using the services of the local people are the obligations of the tourism department. 5. This novel concept of ecotourism is so visionary that in the long run, it would be much viable economically, sustainable ecologically, acceptable socially and ideal philosophically rather than traditional tourism. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following:

Responsible tourism or ecotourism means:

tourism as defined by TIES

tourism respecting the rights of nature, animals and people

tourism to study local wildlife, people and economics

tourism to cover areas of ecological imbalance

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q14:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Medium

Read the following passage: 1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines eco-tourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of local people." 2. Responsible tourism observes basic eco-ethical tenets. Fundamental rights like the right to exist or to live in peace, right to pure air and pure water are basic rights even for wildlife, indigenous people as well as for nature as whole. 3. Nature tourism and wildlife tourism are top priority for most foreign tourists, but in the Indian context, all picnics, nature walks, nature camps, trekking, hiking, safaris, jungle trails, mountaineering, cultural tours, pilgrimages, beaching, water sports, canoeing, boating and game-fishing should all observe eco-ethics. One step forward in ecotourism is to get involved in eco-restoration, biodiversity restoration and eco-development of local people in any degraded tourist ecosystem. 4. India, with her kaleidoscopic ecosystems and a wealth of cultural heritage of great antiquity has immense scope for ecotourism. Constant research to identify newer areas and spots for ecotourism, preparing brochures on them and on the eco-ethics relevant to each. Organising environmental trails and training knowledgeable guides, preferably using the services of the local people are the obligations of the tourism department. 5. This novel concept of ecotourism is so visionary that in the long run, it would be much viable economically, sustainable ecologically, acceptable socially and ideal philosophically rather than traditional tourism. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following:

'One step forward' in para 3 refers to :

switching over from traditional tourism to eco-tourism

shifting from nature tourism to wildlife tourism

restoring balance in local ecosystems

studying local ecosystem

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q15:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Medium

Read the following passage: 1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines eco-tourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of local people." 2. Responsible tourism observes basic eco-ethical tenets. Fundamental rights like the right to exist or to live in peace, right to pure air and pure water are basic rights even for wildlife, indigenous people as well as for nature as whole. 3. Nature tourism and wildlife tourism are top priority for most foreign tourists, but in the Indian context, all picnics, nature walks, nature camps, trekking, hiking, safaris, jungle trails, mountaineering, cultural tours, pilgrimages, beaching, water sports, canoeing, boating and game-fishing should all observe eco-ethics. One step forward in ecotourism is to get involved in eco-restoration, biodiversity restoration and eco-development of local people in any degraded tourist ecosystem. 4. India, with her kaleidoscopic ecosystems and a wealth of cultural heritage of great antiquity has immense scope for ecotourism. Constant research to identify newer areas and spots for ecotourism, preparing brochures on them and on the eco-ethics relevant to each. Organising environmental trails and training knowledgeable guides, preferably using the services of the local people are the obligations of the tourism department. 5. This novel concept of ecotourism is so visionary that in the long run, it would be much viable economically, sustainable ecologically, acceptable socially and ideal philosophically rather than traditional tourism. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following:

In the author's opinion, most Indian tourists -

observe eco tourism ethics

lack eco tourism ethics

are aware of ecotourism ethics

should observe ecotourism ethics

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q16:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage: 1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines eco-tourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of local people." 2. Responsible tourism observes basic eco-ethical tenets. Fundamental rights like the right to exist or to live in peace, right to pure air and pure water are basic rights even for wildlife, indigenous people as well as for nature as whole. 3. Nature tourism and wildlife tourism are top priority for most foreign tourists, but in the Indian context, all picnics, nature walks, nature camps, trekking, hiking, safaris, jungle trails, mountaineering, cultural tours, pilgrimages, beaching, water sports, canoeing, boating and game-fishing should all observe eco-ethics. One step forward in ecotourism is to get involved in eco-restoration, biodiversity restoration and eco-development of local people in any degraded tourist ecosystem. 4. India, with her kaleidoscopic ecosystems and a wealth of cultural heritage of great antiquity has immense scope for ecotourism. Constant research to identify newer areas and spots for ecotourism, preparing brochures on them and on the eco-ethics relevant to each. Organising environmental trails and training knowledgeable guides, preferably using the services of the local people are the obligations of the tourism department. 5. This novel concept of ecotourism is so visionary that in the long run, it would be much viable economically, sustainable ecologically, acceptable socially and ideal philosophically rather than traditional tourism. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following:

According to the author, the tourism department should :

preserve the cultural heritage of great antiquity

exploit scope of ecotourism merely for profit

explore and develop novel opportunities only for wildlife tourism

use the services of local people to create knowledgeable guides

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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Q17:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage: 1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines eco-tourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of local people." 2. Responsible tourism observes basic eco-ethical tenets. Fundamental rights like the right to exist or to live in peace, right to pure air and pure water are basic rights even for wildlife, indigenous people as well as for nature as whole. 3. Nature tourism and wildlife tourism are top priority for most foreign tourists, but in the Indian context, all picnics, nature walks, nature camps, trekking, hiking, safaris, jungle trails, mountaineering, cultural tours, pilgrimages, beaching, water sports, canoeing, boating and game-fishing should all observe eco-ethics. One step forward in ecotourism is to get involved in eco-restoration, biodiversity restoration and eco-development of local people in any degraded tourist ecosystem. 4. India, with her kaleidoscopic ecosystems and a wealth of cultural heritage of great antiquity has immense scope for ecotourism. Constant research to identify newer areas and spots for ecotourism, preparing brochures on them and on the eco-ethics relevant to each. Organising environmental trails and training knowledgeable guides, preferably using the services of the local people are the obligations of the tourism department. 5. This novel concept of ecotourism is so visionary that in the long run, it would be much viable economically, sustainable ecologically, acceptable socially and ideal philosophically rather than traditional tourism. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following:

Which of the following words means 'returning to former condition' in para 3 ?

Degraded

Restoration

Priority

Observe

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q18:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Read the following passage: 1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines eco-tourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of local people." 2. Responsible tourism observes basic eco-ethical tenets. Fundamental rights like the right to exist or to live in peace, right to pure air and pure water are basic rights even for wildlife, indigenous people as well as for nature as whole. 3. Nature tourism and wildlife tourism are top priority for most foreign tourists, but in the Indian context, all picnics, nature walks, nature camps, trekking, hiking, safaris, jungle trails, mountaineering, cultural tours, pilgrimages, beaching, water sports, canoeing, boating and game-fishing should all observe eco-ethics. One step forward in ecotourism is to get involved in eco-restoration, biodiversity restoration and eco-development of local people in any degraded tourist ecosystem. 4. India, with her kaleidoscopic ecosystems and a wealth of cultural heritage of great antiquity has immense scope for ecotourism. Constant research to identify newer areas and spots for ecotourism, preparing brochures on them and on the eco-ethics relevant to each. Organising environmental trails and training knowledgeable guides, preferably using the services of the local people are the obligations of the tourism department. 5. This novel concept of ecotourism is so visionary that in the long run, it would be much viable economically, sustainable ecologically, acceptable socially and ideal philosophically rather than traditional tourism. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following:

Which word in para 5 means 'meeting our own needs without compromising the needs of future generations?'

viable

visionary

sustainable

philosophical

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q19:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Synonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is closest in meaning to "succulent"

Unappetizing

Dehydrated

Tasteless

Juicy

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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Q20:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Synonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is closest in meaning to "unscrupulous"

Upstanding

Candid

Unethical

Trustworthy

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q21:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Synonyms

Medium

From the given options, choose the word closest in meaning to "Vacuous"

Intelligent

Expressionless

Meaningful

Thinking

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q22:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Synonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is closest in meaning to "Acquitted"

Guilty

Culpable

Absolved

Liable

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q23:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Antonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is opposite in meaning to "Ecstasy"

Euphoria

Despair

Paradise

Election

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q24:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Antonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is opposite in meaning to "Amiable"

Pleasant

Genial

Impolite

Agreeable

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q25:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Antonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is opposite in meaning to "Deter"

Encourage

Defeat

Discourage

Dishearten

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

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Q26:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Antonyms

Easy

Choose from the given options one that is opposite in meaning to "Noxious"

Baneful

Pleasant

Infurious

Harmful

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q27:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Idioms

Easy

From the given options choose the word that most clearly explains the idiom- "To smell a Rat"

To smell a foul smell

To see a dead rat

To suspect a trick or deceit

To misunderstand

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q28:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Idioms

Easy

Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom from the options below: "To fight tooth and nail"

Making an effort to win

To fight in a cowardly manner

To fight alone

To fight heroically and fiercely

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q29:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Idioms

Easy

From the given options, choose the phrase that best explains the underlined idiom. has gone down the drain.

has been wasted

has been collected

has been spent

has been reserved

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q30:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Idioms

Medium

Match the expression in List I with its meaning in List II | List A | List B | | --- | --- | | A. Once in a blue moon | I. To transform oneself into a better person | | B. To turn over a new leaf | II. Probable | | C. On the cards | III. On rare occasions | | D. To plough the sand | IV. To work in vain | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A - I, B - III, C - IV, D - II

A - III, B - I, C - II, D - IV

A - IV, B - II, C - I, D - III

A - II, B - IV, C - III, D - I

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q31:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Literary Devices

Medium

Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from options given below: O death! Where is thy sting?

Epigram

Hyperbole

Apostrophe

Irony

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q32:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Literary Devices

Medium

Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from options given below: He passed a sleepless night.

Pun

Metaphor

Transferred Epithet

Hyperbole

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q33:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Literary Devices

Easy

Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from the options given below: Am I my brother's keeper?

Exclamation

Rhetorical Question

Personification

Oxymoron

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q34:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Literary Devices

Medium

Match the Figure of Speech in List I with their meaning in List II | List A | List B | | --- | --- | | A. Oxymoron | I. Inanimate objects are spoken as having life and intelligence | | B. Hyperbole | II. Two opposite ideas are put together | | C. Personificaton | III. An implied simile | | D. Metaphor | IV. Made emphatic by one statement | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A - II, B - I, C - III, D - IV

A - III, B - IV, C - I, D - II

A - II, B - IV, C - I, D - III

A - III, B - II, C - IV, D - I

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q35:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Medium

Re-arrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence: A. the number of illiterates B. incredible though it may seem C. has also been increasing D. while the percentage E. of literacy in India has been going up Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, E, B, D, C

C, B, A, E, D

B, D, E, A, C

B, D, C, A, E

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q36:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Medium

Re-arrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence. A. which shows none of its inherent beauties B. like marble in the quarry C. I consider the human soul without education D. brings out the colour and makes the surface shine E. until the skill of the polisher Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

C, A, B, D, E

C, B, A, E, D

B, D, C, A, E

C, B, D, E, A

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q37:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Medium

Re-arrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence. A. had behaved quite well B. he found C. when the father came home D. while he was away E. that the children Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

C, B, E, A, D

C, B, D, A, E

E, B, A, C, D

D, A, E, A, B

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q38:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Medium

Re-arrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence. A. which are the treasure trove of knowledge B. said that students C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad who was very fond of reading books D. should cultivate the habit of reading books E. who were the backbone of the country Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, C, D, E

B, A, C, E, D

C, B, E, D, A

C, B, A, E, D

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q39:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Analogies

Easy

Choose the pair from the given options that shows a similar relation as the pair:- THERMOMETER : TEMPERATURE

Millimeter : Scale

Length : Breadth

Solar Energy : Sun

Cardiograph : Heart rate

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q40:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Analogies

Easy

Select the pair of words from the options given below, that best illustrates a similar relation as the pair:- Lively : Dull

Employed : Jobless

Flower : Bud

Factory : Labour

Happy : Gay

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q41:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Analogies

Medium

Select the pair from the given options that best illustrate a similar relationship as the pair:- Bicycle : Wheel

Hammer : Nail

Oven : Fire

Candle : Wick

Bulb : Light

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q42:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Analogies

Easy

Choose the pair from the given options that shows a similar relation as the pair:- CHALK : BLACKBOARD

Type : Point

Table : Chair

Door : Handle

Ink : Paper

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q43:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Easy

Choose the expression from options given below which best describes the word "GOURMET"

One who loves travelling

A Connoisseur of good food

A very social person

One who loves people

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q44:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Medium

Choose the most suitable one word substitute for the given expression: A person who is talkative

Orator

Gregarious

Garrulous

Speaker

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q45:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Easy

Choose the most suitable one word substitute for the given expression : The killing of a young child

Regicide

Suicide

Parricide

Infanticide

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q46:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Easy

Choose the most suitable one word substitute for the given expression: Huge fire for celebration

Firecracker

Furnace

Bonfire

Chimney

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q47:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the given options. The newly admitted students walked into the college laboratory _____________.

laboriously

hesitatingly

surely

piously

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q48:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Medium

Fill in the blank with the correct word from the given options. She __________ me that I would pass the exam.

ensured

insured

assured

agreed

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q49:

20 Aug Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the given options. This old house is infected _______ rats.

along

for

with

by

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q50:

20 Aug Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Medium

Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank from the given options. A ________ of American performers travelled across the continent to showcase its talent.

gang

herd

troop

troupe

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

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